Sale reports / Iowa / Dunlap Livestock Auction / 2023-06-06

Dunlap Livestock Auction

Slaughter Cattle · Dunlap, Iowa · Tue, Jun 6
● Final11 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2164
Receipts
204 head
▲ 1 vs last sale 203▼ 40 vs year ago 244 · −16.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

No comparison as the sale last Tuesday was not reported. Upward trend. Demand good. Active trade.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
HeifersChoiceAverage1,250182.892,28694
HeifersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,177171.742,02115
HeifersSelectAverage1,038158.151,6425thin
SteersChoiceAverage1,340182.092,44059
SteersSelect and ChoiceAverage1,334173.792,3188thin
SteersSelectAverage1,268155.491,9722thin

Every lot

11 lots · USDA AMS · Dunlap Livestock Slaughter Cattle - Dunlap, IA
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Slaughter Cattle · Steers5 lots · lightest first
Steers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,160174.50/cwt171.00–176.002,0244
Steers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,250178.15/cwt177.00–184.002,22712
Steers—Select1,268155.49/cwt153.00–158.001,9722
Steers—Choice1,363183.10/cwt178.50–188.002,49647
Steers—Select and Choice1,508173.08/cwt167.00–176.502,6104
Slaughter Cattle · Heifers6 lots · lightest first
Heifers—SelectReturn to Feed985157.44/cwt152.00–164.001,5514
Heifers—Select and ChoiceReturn to Feed1,101172.64/cwt166.00–176.501,90110
Heifers—ChoiceReturn to Feed1,215182.18/cwt180.00–183.002,21355
Heifers—Select1,250161.00/cwt161.00–161.002,0131
Heifers—Choice1,299183.90/cwt179.50–188.002,38939
Heifers—Select and Choice1,329169.95/cwt167.50–175.002,2595

This sale against other markets

Iowa weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Iowa auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.